*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over
the last week.*
Events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>
- Celtic Knot Conference
<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Celtic_Knot_Conference_2018>, dedicated
to Wikimedia projects and minority languages, July 5-6, in Aberystwyth
(Wales). A lot of Wikidata workshops will take place during this event.
Press, articles, blog posts
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Press_coverage>
- 4800 Welsh portraits added to Wikimedia Commons and Wikidata
<https://blog.library.wales/?p=17811>, blog post at the National Library
of Wales by Jason Evans, National Wikimedian of Wales
- LIPID MAPS identifiers and endocannabinoids
<http://chem-bla-ics.blogspot.com/2018/07/lipid-map-identifiers-and.html>
on Wikidata, blog post by Egon Willighagen
Other Noteworthy Stuff
- Change for maxlag impacts bots and semi-automated tools
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2018-June/012166.html>
- The five-thousandth lexeme <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L5000>,
about a interjection "jau" in Nynorsk language, has been created
- The Commons template Wikidata infobox
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Wikidata_infobox> has now
passed 1.3 million uses on Commons categories, with plenty more still to
come. A new help page
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wikidata_infobox_help> gives
advice on how to add, extend or improve uses of it, and how to fix data
problems.
- You can discuss the right properties to describe files on Commons
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data/Get_involved/Feedback_requests/Properties_for_Commons>,
to help moving on with Structured data on Commons
- Help improving the fight against vandalism with ORES
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikidata/2018-July/012183.html>
- Sixth birthday of Wikidata
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Sixth_Birthday>: it's time to
think about what you'd like to organize in your area! There will be a phone
call for organizers
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:Sixth_Birthday>, and the
deadline to request swag is September 7th.
Did you know?
- Newest properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
- General datatypes: JMA Seismic Intensity Scale
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5386>, permanent resident of
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5389>, auxiliary verb
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5401>, homograph lexeme
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5402>
- External identifiers: École normale alumnus ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5373>, Académie des sciences
d'outre-mer member ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5374>, BIU
Santé person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5375>, Medicina
author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5376>, Étonnants
voyageurs participant ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5377>, Akadem person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5378>, GAMECIP platform ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5379>, National Academy of
Sciences member ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5380>, EGROKN
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5381>, Behind The Voice
Actors franchise ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5382>, archINFORM
project ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5383>, Behind The
Voice Actors film ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5384>, IGN
video game ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5385>, Behind
The Voice Actors tv show ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5387>, Bulgarian Antarctic
Gazetteer ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5388>, Classiques
des sciences sociales author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5390>, Norwegian Polar
Institute place name ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5391>,
Poetry Archive poet ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5392>,
cipM poet ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5393>, Poets &
Writers author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5394>, Canadian
Encyclopedia article ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5395>,
Online Books Page publication ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5396>, Tierstimmenarchiv ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5397>, TDKIV term ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5398>, GeoNLP ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5400>, CNAP artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5403>, RYM artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5404>, Rendez-vous de
l'histoire ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5406>
- New property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
to review:
- General datatypes: JMA Magnitude
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/JMA_Magnitude>,
Coached by
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Coached_by>,
Harmonized System Code
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Harmonized_System_Code>,
reverse lemma
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/reverse_lemma>,
reference properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/reference_properties>,
LilyPond notation
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/LilyPond_notation>,
valency
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/valency>,
section
number
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/section_number>,
propdef
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/propdef>,
antonym
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/antonym>,
Central
Index Key (CIK)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Central_Index_Key_(CIK)>,
note <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/note>
- External identifiers: Flanders Music Centre ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Flanders_Music_Centre_ID>,
Île en île ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/%C3%8Ele_en_%C3%AEle_ID>,
Fantastic Fiction ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Fantastic_Fiction_ID>,
mhk object ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/mhk_object_ID>,
CeBeDem ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CeBeDem_ID>,
Ricochet ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Ricochet_ID>,
Common procurement vocabulary
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Common_procurement_vocabulary>,
pixiv ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/pixiv_ID>, NYRB
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NYRB_ID>,
The Paris Review ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_Paris_Review_ID>,
GS1 GPC brick code
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GS1_GPC_brick_code>,
Pasteur Institute ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Pasteur_Institute_ID>,
The Trading Card Database person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_Trading_Card_Database_person_ID>,
Legaseriea.it team ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Legaseriea.it_team_ID>,
Deutsche Biographie person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Deutsche_Biographie_person_ID>,
Setlist FM artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Setlist_FM_artist_ID>,
Setlist FM venue ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Setlist_FM_venue_ID>,
Poetry International Web ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Poetry_International_Web_ID>,
EuroVoc ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/EuroVoc_ID>,
Språkrådets termwiki ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Spr%C3%A5kr%C3%A5dets_termwiki_ID>,
Elysee.fr president ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Elysee.fr_president_ID>,
Reseñas Biográficas (Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Rese%C3%B1as_Biogr%C3%A1ficas_(Biblioteca_del_Congreso_Nacional_de_Chile)>,
abuse filter ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/abuse_filter_ID>,
Herder Encyclopedia author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Herder_Encyclopedia_author_ID>,
Collège de France professor ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Coll%C3%A8ge_de_France_professor_ID>
- Query examples:
- Map of the birth places of people who have had taxa named after them
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AMap%7B%22layer%22%3A%22%3FrankLabel%22%7D%0ASELECT%20%3Fperson%20%3FpersonLabel%20%3Ftaxon%20%3FtaxonLabel%20%3Frank%20%3FrankLabel%20%3Fgeoloc%20%3Fpersonimage%20%3Ftaxonimage%20%3Fpob%20%3FpobLabel%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP19%20%3Fpob%20.%0A%20%20%3Ftaxon%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ16521%20%3B%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP225%20%3Ftaxonname%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP105%20%3Frank%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP138%20%3Fperson%20.%0A%20%20%3Fpob%20wdt%3AP625%20%3Fgeoloc%20.%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fpersonimage%20%7D%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%20%3Ftaxon%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Ftaxonimage%20%7D%0A%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%20>
(source <https://twitter.com/EvoMRI/status/1011746118483443712>)
- Space observatories and their namesakes
<https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20%20%3FnamesakeLabel%20%3FnamesakeImage%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ148578.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20wdt%3AP138%20%3Fnamesake.%0A%20%20%3Fnamesake%20wdt%3AP18%20%3FnamesakeImage.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%0A%0A%0A>
(source <https://twitter.com/WikiDigi/status/1012347300394356736>)
- Timeline of computer games
<https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3ATimeline%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fauthor%20%3FauthorLabel%20%3Fimage%20%3Fdate%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fauthor%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ7889%20.%0A%20%20%3Fauthor%20wdt%3AP577%20%3Fdate%20.%0A%20%20%3Fauthor%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%20.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%2C%20de%2C%20fr%2C%20es%2C%20it%2C%20cz%22%20%7D%0A%7D%20>
(source <https://twitter.com/SciHiBlog/status/1012208998429446144>)
- List of companies owned by Disney
<https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fitem%20%3FitemLabel%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20%28wdt%3AP127%7C%5Ewdt%3AP199%7Cwdt%3AP749%7C%5Ewdt%3AP1830%7C%5Ewdt%3AP355%29%2B%20wd%3AQ7414.%0A%20%20%3Fitem%20%28wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%29%20wd%3AQ4830453.%0A%7D>
(source <https://twitter.com/forestgregg/status/1011459239087345664>)
- Same gender spouses
<https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fq1%20%3Fq1Label%20%3Fq2%20%3Fq2Label%20%3FgenderLabel%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Fq1%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%20%3B%20wdt%3AP21%20%3Fgender%20.%0A%20%20%3Fq2%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5%20%3B%20wdt%3AP21%20%3Fgender%20.%0A%20%20%7B%20%7B%20%3Fq1%20wdt%3AP26%20%3Fq2%20%7D%20UNION%20%7B%20%3Fq2%20wdt%3AP26%20%3Fq1%20%7D%20%7D%0A%20%20FILTER%20%28STR%28%3Fq1%29%20%3C%20STR%28%3Fq2%29%29%20.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%7D>
(source <https://twitter.com/envlh/status/1011721868863332353>)
- Newest WikiProjects
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects>:
WikiProject Patents
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Patents>
- Newest user-scripts: d:User:Husky/ifff-viewer-link.js
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Husky/ifff-viewer-link.js> (shows
selected parts of images, according to P2677
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2677> qualifiers - for example
d:Q17335769#P180 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17335769#P180>.)
Development
- Working on prefilling spelling variant of new form representation (
phab:T195708 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T195708>)
- Start breaking down stories in order to implement Senses
- Finding a better solution for dewiki's Modul:Wikidata isParent (
phab:T179155 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T179155>)
- Adding support for linking to a particular statement (phab:T169224
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T169224>)
- Implement property scope constraint (phab:T197473
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T197473>)
- Track maxlag for wikidata on grafana dashboard (phab:T196868
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T196868>)
You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/query/4RotIcw5oINo/#R>. If you
want to help, you can also have a look at the tasks needing a volunteer
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/board/71/query/zfiRgTnZF7zu/?filter=zfiRgTnZF7zu&order=priority>.
Monthly Tasks
- Add labels, in your own language(s), for the new properties listed
above.
- Comment on property proposals: all open proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview>
- Suggested and open tasks
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Contribute/Suggested_and_open_tasks>
!
- Contribute to a Showcase item
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Showcase_items>
.
- Help translate <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:LanguageStats>
or proofread the interface and documentation pages, in your own language!
- Help merge identical items
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Pasleim/projectmerge> across
Wikimedia projects.
- Help write the next summary!
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/Next>
--
Léa Lacroix
Project Manager Community Communication for Wikidata
Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.
Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24
10963 Berlin
www.wikimedia.de
Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V.
Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter
der Nummer 23855 Nz. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für
Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207.